Johnny C. Lam wrote: > Your impression is correct, although I don't believe the pkgsrc-pmc has > made any formal announcement of this fact. Thanks for this clarification. As the "DESTDIR" installation method reaches general usability for package creators[1], this announcement should be made, together with a prior overhaul of the development section of the pkgsrc guide. Every new package created without DESTDIR in mind as the future default installation method is wasted work, IMO. ciao Klaus [1] As far as I can see, only the *OWN/*GRP issue prevents this, see other thread on this list)